Campus Physician; First Physics Graduate; Virginia State College for Negroes
Charles Townes entered Virginia State College for Negroes in 1931. Mr. Towns became the first physics graduate in 1934. He went on to get a Ph.D in physics from Penn State and M.D. in medicine from Howard University. After World War II, Dr....
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Sororities
Delta Sigma Theta – The Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was authorized to make charter members of the Beta Iota Chapter. The charter members were initiated by the Alpha chapter on February 14, 1936. The charter members, who had...
The DC Board of Higher Education appointed Dr. Frank Farner as the first President of Federal City College. Dr. Farner had been recruited by Sen. Morse. Dr. Farner served from September 1968 through 1969. After leaving FCC, he went on to become...
Wyomia Tyus Was the First Olympic Athlete to Successfully Defend Her Sprint Title in a Subsequent Olympiad. At the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Tyus Ran the 100-Meter Dash in 11.2 Seconds in the Preliminary Heats, Tying Wilma Rudolph's World Records, and...
The Baton Rouge Academy, an institution sponsored by the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association of Louisiana for black boys and girls. In 1892, a suggestion was made that the Fourth District Association purchase a tract of land for...
Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart, b. 1837 d. 1921; Governors--Louisiana
Founder and sponsor of the relocation of Southern University. Pinchback served as Senator in the Louisiana State Senate in 1867, Lieutenant Governor in 1871 and Governor of Louisiana from December 9, 1872 to January 13, 1873 [35 days].
Jones, John S. [Sebastian], 1872-1959;
Louisiana Colored Teachers' Association;
African Americans--Education--Louisiana; Southern University and A & M College--Administration
Portrait of John Sebastian Jones, first Dean of Southern University in Baton Rouge.
The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is October 1897, no. 85.
The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is March 1897, no. 81.
The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is November 1985, no. 68.
The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is March 1896, no. 72.
The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is February 1895, no. 71.
The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is March 1895, no. 63.
The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is January 1895, no. 70.
The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is January 1895, no. 61.
The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is June 1894, no. 57.
